Jerome Gambit: Merapi

Looking further at the Jerome Gambit line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.a3, (see "Jerome Gambit: Counting Up the Numbers [Part 2]"), The Database has 32 game examples, with the earliest two played in 2002.

Merapi - tvc

2 0 lightning, FICS, 2002

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.a3 Nf6 6.b4 Bb6 7.Qe2 d6 8.Qc4+ Kf8 9.d4 Nxd4 10.Ng5 Qe7 11.Nf7 Qxf7 12.Qc3 Nc6 13.Qf3 Bd4 14.c3 Bb6 15.Rg1 Bg4 16.Qg3 Qg6 17.Nd2 Nh5 18.Qh4 Nf4 19.a4 a5 20.bxa5 Bxa5 21.Ra2 Bxc3 22.a5 Rxa5 23.Rxa5 Bxa5 24.Bb2 Nd3+ 25.Kf1 Nxb2 26.Nb3 Bc3 27.f4 Nd4 28.Qd8+ Qe8 29.Qxc7 Black lost on time

Merapi - GCH

5 0 blitz, FICS, 2002

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.a3 Nf6 6.b4 Bd6 7.Qe2 Re8 8.Qc4+ Kf8 9.d4 exd4 10.e5 Bxe5 11.Qc5+ Bd6+ 12.Ne5 Bxc5 13.f4 Nxe5 14.bxc5 Nd3+ 15.Kd2 Nxc5 16.Bb2 Re3 17.Bxd4 Re4 18.Bxc5+ Kg8 19.f5 d6 20.Kd3 Bxf5 21.Bd4 Re1+ 22.Kc4 Rxh1 23.a4 Be6+ 24.Kd3 Bf5+ 25.Ke2 Bxc2 26.a5 Qe7+ 27.Kf3 Qe4+ 28.Kf2 Qxd4+ 29.Kf3 Qxa1 30.Nd2 Be4+ 31.Nxe4 Nxe4 32.Kxe4 Re8+ 33.Kd5 Qxa5+ 34.Kc4 Qa4+ 35.Kd3 Qb4 36.g3 a5 37.h4 a4 38.Kc2 a3 39.Kd3 a2 40.g4 a1=Q White resigned

What I found interesting, when I checked for more information about Merapi at FICS, was the note

 1: Hello! I am a Java Chess Engine.

 2: Running on a PIII 128Mb 800Mhz

 3: MicroMaster is operating me.

 4: Todo list:

 5: create an opening book